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In Search of "Shangri-La" from Lost Horizon: Who Is the Real Shangri-La? In literary history, few place names have evolved from a fictional utopia into a globally recognized spiritual symbol quite like "Shangri-La." In 1933, British author James Hilton painted a picture of a utopia…

Half a Summer, a Lifetime of Memories: Turning Corners and Finding Love in Lijiang What is love? Some say it's a feeling. Others say it's a choice. For me, it's the memory of a summer afternoon in Lijiang, when the sun painted the ancient rooftops…

Absolutely Unbelievable! The Graduation Season Yunnan "Awkward Trip": A Fantastical Voyage of Four Drama Queens and One Old Driver Preface: A Spontaneous "Long-Planned" Journey Before I could even figure out which city—Kunming, Dali, or Shangri-La—was in charge of which, Yunnan had already taken root in…

Lijiang and Dali Girls' Trip: A Five-Day, Four-Night "Romance" Adventure "Never stop being crazy, keep moving forward." This sentence became our travel mantra. As the countdown to the college entrance exam ticked down day by day, my best friend Shirley and I had been buried…

The Enchanting Nanna: Seven Slow Summer Days in Xishuangbanna Some places captivate you at first sight. In the summer of 2015, I spent only two days in Xishuangbanna, yet I left spellbound, my heart haunted by the tropical rainforest. So in the summer of 2017,…